Creative Designer – 6 Month FTC

KPMG New Zealand

Creative Designer at KPMG producing high-quality visual outputs for client relationships and internal communications within a professional services environment.

Posted 6/8/2026contractAuckland • 🇳🇿 New ZealandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

As a Creative Designer, you will play a key role within the Design team, producing high-quality visual outputs that support the business in building strong client relationships, communicating ideas effectively, and winning proposals through creative and compelling solutions.
Working as part of the Brand team, you will collaborate with stakeholders across the firm to turn complex business content into clear, well-structured, and visually engaging deliverables for business development, client engagements, internal communications and leadership forums.
This is an exciting opportunity for a designer early in the stages of their career who is looking to build their skills in a professional services environment, with exposure to a wide range of projects.
Work alongside the Design team to deliver creative solutions that meet client and business needs.
Collaborate with stakeholders across the firm to produce a variety of deliverables including proposals, reports, presentations, marketing and event collateral, and other branded communications.
Create professional, visually engaging designs using Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft PowerPoint across digital and print formats.
Translate complex or text-heavy content into simple, well-structured visual communications.
Manage multiple projects at once, maintaining accuracy and attention to detail under tight deadlines.
Support the consistent application of KPMG’s brand standards across the firm.
Contribute ideas and creative thinking during concept development and brainstorming sessions.
Support with the ongoing development of templates, brand assets, and team processes.
Photography, filming, or video editing experience a bonus.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Around 2-3 years’ experience in graphic design, ideally within a corporate or professional services environment.
A strong creative portfolio showcasing your skills across a variety of design projects.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign (knowledge of After Effects or Premiere Pro a bonus.)
Good organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
A collaborative approach and confidence communicating with team members and stakeholders.
Confidence working across both PC and Mac environments.
Familiar with current design trends and emerging technologies.
A positive attitude, willingness to learn, and genuine passion for design and creativity.
A good level of New Zealand cultural awareness, with an understanding of local business audiences and expectations.
*This role is best suited to someone early in their career and is not intended for candidates seeking a senior**‑**level position.*

Benefits

Comp & perks

Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme
Opportunities for local and international secondments
Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work
The ability to work from overseas and extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand
Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave
Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents
A paid professional association membership of your choice
Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees
A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services
The support, allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Affinity networks, including the Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility and Wahine groups
The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm’s environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030
An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, sporting, cultural, family and fundraising activities
Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities
An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

graphic designvisual communicationproject managementtemplate developmentbrandingphotographyvideo editing

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationorganisational skillstime managementcreativityattention to detailpositive attitudewillingness to learn